📜WEB · Deuteronomy 6:17
What does Deuteronomy 6:17 mean?
"You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you."
— Deuteronomy 6:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;
for Yahweh your God among you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”
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